The Clue
Unoriginal order, with "the" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SAME
Tags
Notes
The answer SAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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All the ___
Corresponding
Ditto
Duplicate
Equal
Equivalent
"___ here"
Identical
Interchangeable
Matching
Unchanged
Unvaried
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Bar order, with "the"
Common order, with "the"
Copycat's request
___-day service
Different's antonym
Previously said
Common bar order, with "the"
Kind of difference, oxymoronically
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Like many an "old story"
"The ___ Old Moon," 1927 song
Definition
SAME as a noun:
1. (Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame) = a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
2. (Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame) = the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
SAME as an adjective:
1. same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
2. closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
3. (like, equal, equivalent, same) = equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"
4. unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"